Display-case.



H. R. HAM.

DISPLAY CASE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 31,1913.

1,094,326, Patented Apr. 21, 1914 Zhwentor za/ 2/' f zif I attorneys UNIED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY R. HAM, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO BERLIN & J ONES ENVELOPE(20.,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

, DISP LnY-CASE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 21, 1914.

Application filed July 31, 1918. Serial No. 732,297. v

make and use the same.

This invention relates to display cases and more particularly tostationery boxes.

It has for an object to provide a display case in' which the envelops orsimilar articles being displayed assume aposition flush with the top ofthe side walls of the box when the lid is raised fordisplay purposes andone in which the said envelops or similar articles assume a lowerposition in the box when the lid is lowered to make room for the writingpaper carried by the lid.

A furtherobject of this invention is an improved means for regulatingthe slide of a false bottom within the container.

Further objects will be apparent from the following specification,appended claims and drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a display case in open position, Fig.2 is a vertical cross-sectional view therethrough with the lid raised asshown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 3 is a similar view with the lid lowered.

In stationery boxes and the like it is desired that while said boxes arebeing used for display purposes, the envelops contained therein shouldbe raised to present the appearance of a full box while at the same timethe sides of such a container are necessary when the lid is closed toprotect the contents of said container. It is also necessary that whenthe container is being transformed from one position to the other, thatno damage is caused to the contents of said container. My invention setsforth a means for accomplishing these results and refer .ence to thedrawings thereof shows how this is accomplished.

Referring to the drawings there is shown a container comprisin a bottom10 to which a cover 11 is hingedly secured as at 12. This cover has theend walls thereof cut diagonally as shown and within said cover is apocket 13 to receive writing paper shown at 14. Secured to the bottommember 10 are the end walls 15 and the front wal 16 which serve toretain the envelops in'their relative position and also to protect thecontents of the container when closed. Within the container is a falsebottom 17 which is formed asof a piece of cardboard or similar substancescored and bent to form the bottom member 18 which is secured to theupper face of the bottom of the container and the ends 19 which permitthe false bottom 17 to have a swinging relation with the portion 18. Inorder that the desired swinging motion may be imparted to the falsebottom 17 when the lid of the container is moved, a tape 20 has one endthereof secured to one of the edges 19 from where it passes across thefalse bottom 17 and has the opposite end thereof secured as at 21 in thecover as shown. It is apparent that as the lid 11 is raised or lowered,the tension on the tape 20 is varied and by the variations of thetension on the tape 20 the false bottom 17 is raised or lowered as thecase may be.

In packing the container envelops shown as at 22 are placed upon thefalse bottom 17 so that by movement of the false bottom 17 the envelopsassume either of the positions shown in Figs. 2 or 3 as the case may bebut to prevent the envelops from having a swinging motion such as onefixed or resting on the false bottom 17, a partition 23 is disposedacross the openside of the container to limit the rearward movement ofthe evelops, this partition is recessed as at 24 to enable the tape 20to pass therethrough with freedom.

Various modifications may be made withon said cover remote from thehinged connection thereof to the false bottom through said partition forcausing movement of sand cover to impart movement to said false bottomto vary the elevation thereof. 2. In a display box, a box membercomprising a bottom with side walls thereabout, a cover hingedly securedto said bottom member, a partition across the rear of said box member,said partition beingof less height than the side walls, a verticallymovable false bottomin said box member, said false bottom comprising apiece of material formed into a parallelogram, one of the wide sidewalls thereof being ermanently secured to the bottom ofsald box member,the

opposite side of, said parallelogram serving as a bottom to receivecontents for said box,-

the short sides of said parallelogram permitting oscillation of'saidfalse bottom and a tab secured to said parallelogram and to a point onsaid hinged cover remote from its hinge, said tab assing through thepartition at the rear 0? the box member.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HARRY HAM.

Witnesses:

A. H. HOPPER, G. H. BURLY.

